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[BigPete]

I decided to do a major kitbash project, that will likely take a loooooong time to finish. I'm making a five 'bot combiner named Blitzwing, from a KO Silverbolt, two GoBots, Combaticon Swindle, and an Aerialbot. In this thread I will post pictures and updates as the work progresses, and to keep interest up (if there is any ).

The characters are:

Leader: Hammerwing
Origin: Decepticon infiltrator

Left arm: Steamquake
Origin: Decepticon heavy assault

Right arm: Electroblast
Origin: Autobot transport

Left leg: Nitroburst
Origin: Autobot artillery

Right leg: Rumblewing
Origin: Decepticon

Here's the background story:

An Autobot transport (Electroblast + Nitroburst) is en route for Earth when they are intercepted by a Decepticon strike force (Hammerwing, Steamquake, Rumblewing). After a fierce battle, they all crash on a secluded planet, where a powerful magnetic field disrupts their circuitry and wipes their memory chips clean. Stranded on an alien planet, not knowing who they belong to, they quickly realise that team-work is necessary for their very survival. They team up as one, and learn the secret of combining to gain the power necessary to escape the alien planet. Together they form Blitzblade, a fierce and fast warrior, loyal to no one except for himself.

To allow more time for planning this project, I've started with the combiner parts. I've made two combiner pieces for the GoBots so they can connect to the main body (KO Silverbolt) from a pair of spare Predator Stalker missiles. Haven't taken any pics of them yet, but they're still very rough so it would probably just be embarrasing

Yesterday I remade the chest shield that belongs to Silverbolt. I cut off the missiles from the wing tips and made larger wings from thick styrene which I then added. I re-attached the missiles on those and added the antennae from Silverbolt's Superion head to make them into laser cannons. Then I added a tailfin and some tyrene tubing, and that part of the bash was complete. I've now made a scout drone that separates from the main body to search for enemy forces. There is a fairly high amount of detail on that chest piece, so it'll look pretty slick once I've painted it. Nevermind the rough edges, gaps, etc. as they will be removed with either putty and/or a thicker paint app. Also, don't expect too much since this is my first bigger project, hehe

Chest piece / Scout drone:



After that I started working on the KO Superion head. I cut of the antennae (as written above) and sanded down the sides. I filled the gaps with styrene, added some tubing on top of the head to differ it some more from Superion, and I'm now working on a mouthplate. It's not completed yet, so this next pic is with a very rough mouthplate:




Comments, remarks, and input are as always most welcome!

[Vector_Sigma]

Looking forward to see the final product

Have you decided on a colorscheme for the lot yet? How will you arrange with insignias (if you`re using any) - do you mark 2 as Autobots and the other 3 as Decepticons? Cool idea with the outcast/lost in space theme too!